Published: Thu, 20 Aug 2009
Description: (NECN: Michelle Brown, Shrewsbury, Mass.) - Family members of those killed in the Lockerbie bombing are outraged at the decision to let the mastermind behind the terrorist attack walk free. Nicole Boulanger would now be 42, but in portraits ha...
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" Victims' families are also outraged by Scotland's decision any CN's Michelle brown spoke to the mother of one of the victims today and Michelle joins us now from the newsroom south. I'll -- you need belong j.'s daughter Nicole was way home from that flight from that spending a semester in London when she she was on that one three flight. Her mother today saying she doesn't. She's been a Scottish -- the decision is frustrating and she doesn't believe justice was served."
" Cool bullish day would now be 42. Opening portrait hanging from the walls for apparent truce -- home she remains forever 21. -- Nicole was. A student. She was cancer she was -- writer Houston director she was an artist. Firm she loved every moment of her life. A life cut short on December 21 1988. The aspiring artists was one of 35 Syracuse University students. Killed after a bomb smuggled on to pan am flight 103. Exploded over the Scottish town of Lockerbie. All 270. People died. The last time I heard from her was on December point. That they can push to the plight. Now the only man ever convicted in the attack is on his way home to Libya after serving just eight years of a life sentence. -- Scottish government freed Abdel basset Ali Al megrahi on compassionate grounds he's dying of cancer. We have full would you -- And not just my decision and it's a decision that as outraged many of the victim's family members including Jean belongs. Well when mr."
" Cracking murdered 270 people. Where was his compassion. Most of whom died in foreign lands and we -- to local and most got corrected bad side we have the act. Our loved ones died in another country thousands of miles away with no feeling in attendance. In our case. I got his body was never recovered."
" So we don't even have agreed to -- And -- in a statement issued by his lawyer after his release from prison I'll McGraw he maintained his interests. Well Michelle dent the victims' families ever know whether or not that this man was gonna be released on compassionate grounds -- Karen. This this is the launch day and her husband say they had no idea this is even being consider she says that family should have been consulted. Apparently they never worked all right thank you Michelle."